C'mon, George Lucas is not that bad. THX 1138 is a very good movie, one of the best in sci-fi. I want more of that flavor. (Now that I think of it, THX 1138 looks like what would happen if Apple took over the world, everything is so darn white and shiny). While Star Wars has its moments, I do not think it measures up to THX1138. Lucas has to dig deep and find that story teller who informs us of what we really don't want to know about ourselves. Bring it George! You have money and clout! Now you can make good films! Let Disney have the Star Crap stuff. Now go make something awesome and blow us away! I want to believe! 'For more enjoyment, direct good movies...and have a nice day...'
Well, Microsoft fell behind Google as the foremost support to the likes of the NSA, US military and so on. Windows 8 helps, because you need to log in with your hotmail account so you can be tracked better. While you can opt out of tracking, it is made to be difficult to do so. Most users will just go the easy route. Tracking Windows 7 users is not as easy as 8. However, if you have Windows 10, then you get all the 7. 8, and 8.1 users on board and tracking will be so much easier!
Generally, cracking (as opposed to hacking, which is a positive thing wherein one is clever with technology) is a team effort. I am skeptical of the notion of a "super cop", "super detective", "super computer cracker", "super soldier" or "super whatever". At some point, these super people need to sleep, urinate, defacate, eat, and so on. No one can stay on top of everything at all times. On top of that, no one acquires skill/knowledge in a vacuum, you need a community. Particularly when you are talking about specialized knowledge. So the idea of one person taking on an agressive collective is unrealistic. There has to be a lot of backing, both on the physical and tecnology sides with the same leves of exposure to danger. This provides a challenge to story telling in a film content because it is harder to have a character to relate to when you portray a group. However, if you want to depect these kinds of things in a realistic way, you need to highlight the importance of a team, a community, and a supportive environment. If you bring up any "cracker", you also need to bring her/his community into the picture. I saw the trailers, and it reminded me of Steven Segal/Van Damme film trailers--only the latter do it better. I would sooner believe JCVD as a super cracker than this thespian.
Consistently vote for representatives that act againt their best interests. I spoke to enough voters who genuinely believe in upholding policies that harm, including themselves directly. I wonder why this is.
Over a quarter of the world's population are muzzies. If Islam really is how you describe then there would be a much different world. If we are to look at the death figures, our governments are by far the grim reaper.
Insulting the prophet does not carry the death sentence as during his life he was insulted, and worse. These attackers had Islamic precedent to draw from and had they looked it up, would not use the cartoons as justification. I submit to you that there is another reason behind this: http://www.independent.co.uk/v...
There is no justification for the murders, but we can grasp to understand the underlying issues.
When picking battles, it usually helps to know context of why things occur the way they do. The Charlie Hebdo attack did not come out of the ether, there is a long historical narrative behind it. This article will help. As usual, these things have less to do with religion and more to do with exercises in power and oppression.
http://www.independent.co.uk/v...
If you're talking about healthcare, I see that the way I see libraries, clean water, schools, sewage and public infrastructure--you need it. Notions of free market has nothing to do with it (not that there is a free market in the USA, there never was). Health care is a need. People go through ups and downs in their lives and regardless, they need health care. Mixing up the market with health is a bad move.
You are right, the ISP's are already monitoring everything the user does. The new law in place is simply legitimizing parts of this monitoring. It is only a matter of time before more of it is legitimized. These laws took a while to draft and same goes for this monitoring. So if someone votes for political party A, but party B is in power, records can be accessed to determine whether a representative can invest time and effort in the constituent based on political inclination.
Certainly, the deployment of drones for extrajudicial executions throughout the Muslim world is less barbaric. So is wholesale bombing of the Middle East in order to play whack-a-mole with ISIS/ISIL/whatever. This extremists did not pop out of Middle Earth looking for The Ring, there are decades, no centuries of foreign policy initiatives that let to a radicalized populace who do not even have political say in their own country. Take post 2003 invasion Iraq, a lot of ISIS/ISIL guys are former Baath party members who were denied political involvement hence a significant demographic became outlaws. The "muzzies" do not come to Europe and North America for the burgers and porn, but to flee war torn regions. If they had their choice, they would stay in their respective lands. Need I remind you that France is also a major colonial power that shaped much of the way the Middle East and Africa is today. When you colonize a region, you had better take on the responsibility that comes with it. When your new subjects come to the doorstep of their new ruler, the ruler had better be willing to take on the problems, not just the wealth of the regions. When you oppress and marginalize a people in their own lands, do not be surprised when radical factions arise and lash out. You want to take the wind out of radicals? You don't need a security apparatus, work out why these people are doing the actions they do. Put pressure for a just, not colonialist foreign policy--then you will see radicals disappear.
My understanding is that this monitoring is above and beyond whether a person engages in bittorrent client usage and extends to what sites you visit, what streams you view on-line, Archive.org and even what programs you run on your computer be it free or proprietary. People share information in multiple ways. Perhaps concern over copyright infringement grants the ISP's the authority to view all your activities even more closely. Also, the infrastructure in place at ISP's is above and beyond what you describe and more sophisticated. The Canadian internet providers now have the burden of higher costs (which they pass on the the consumer) to pay for this new monitoring infrastructure. Perhaps what you describe was what was done in the past, but a significant change has occurred. I do not care about downloading movies/music, I already have a significant DVD/CD/vinyl collection, I care about a police state that watches everything everyone does be it anywhere in the world including Canada, USA, and so on. Hollywood is not so powerful as to tell another country to put a massive monitoring infrastructure 'just for them'. The governments at play here are looking for something more.
Republicans care about important things like weapons, mass surveillance, invasions--things that contribute to America's infrastructure, address unemployment, and make it a free and better place to live. What did college every do for anybody? A big waste, just like universal health care. Why should the poor get the same care as those who deserve it? America uses debt to finance important things. Those weapons sitting in silos now that cost billions will do a lot more for America than a college educated citizen ever could. Yeah, I know education only costs a fraction of an invasion, but college is a waste and against American principles, unlike an invasion.
If Canadians were to contact their elected representative to pull the teeth out of a company's ability to prosecute people who shared their DVD's or CD's in private, it would reduce the case for surveillance. However, this infrastructure was there BEFORE the legislation came into place. I do not think Canadians voted for this, nor do I think they pressured their ISP's into doing this. This means the government, in tandem with companies, already had plans for mass spying. Even if the new legislation is declawed, this does not mean the infrastructure is no longer there and warantless acquisition and relaying of private data will not occur. Thus the whole issue of whether people share movies and music in private is moot in the face of the larger threat.
The real issue is that the ISP's are monitoring your network traffic at all. Does anyone not take issue with the fact that the providers know what websites you visit, what you download and what files you share with friends, family, and neighbors. That is the bigger issue. Without a warrant, these companies are pretty much watching and reporting everything you do, even on personal time. That in itself is significant. Sharing movies or music is incidental. These companies also know your personal details, religious/philosophical/political affiliations, your family, sexual preferences and so on. This is dangerous for a company to use and unquestioningly hand over to anyone without a warrant. Since when is it more important if I lend a friend a DVD more important than my privacy? There is a case to be made for running tor relays, advocating for user privacy, corporate accountability (and to keep their seemingly limitless powers in check) as well as government powers in check. This movie/mp3 stuff is beside the point. For those of you with computers in your bedrooms or homes, you now have confirmation that you are not alone and someone is watching and reporting everything you do.
Bog corps have a CYA (cover your ass) policy. It has nothing to do with safety. If there is a threat and only one attack is carried out, Sony could be held legally liable for not doing their due diligence. The family of the injured/deceased could sue Sony because there was a threat and Sony ignored it. USA is a nation of litigation, not the betterment of her citizens. But hey, we're in a multinational corporation-run world so the rest of the planet will have to comply. Corporations love to say "it's for your own safety" but that is really one of the biggest lies.
Ridley Scott's Alien and Blade Runner are gorgeous, meticulously put-together films. I have no idea why his later films came out so horribly, like Prometheus. About the only director at this time who can instill a sense of wonder is Shane Carruth. Throw him into the mix and it will be good. Don't make the film a special effects fiesta. Some subtle bits here and there. And please, please do not call it "Blade Runner 2". You are begging for a bad film at that point.
Watch Shane Carruth films. The guy has the tiniest budget but makes my favorite sci fi films. So far he has done Primer and Upstream Color. I love them both. He is one (sci fi) director who manages to give me that sense of wonder.
Perhaps the sole reason I use Windows is to use Adobe software. I do not have a choice in the matter, work/school requires that I run that software. Now I need an operating system to run that software. I cannot afford Mac, so Windows it is. But wait, Windows is not stable. I have to get antivirus, defrag, software/driver updaters and registry correction software on top of that. It costs a lot, but still cheaper than Mac. Forget the fact that there is a l o n g list of people asking Adobe to open a port to Linux. So I have to pay a premium for what is probably the worst, most unstable operating systems out there. Mind you, Adobe is just as bad. You have Adobe taking gigs of space for their software and it crashes like a drunken, overweight sailor in a china shop. I used GNU/Linux for years before I suddenly had to get Adobe and it is night and day. You can get GNU/Linux and a tonne of software for a mere tiny fraction of hard drive space that runs secure and rock solid. Well, serves me right for making a compromise. I went the Adobe route and get shafted every which way. If Windows wants us to pay more, start making something stable, secure and operational.
If you are made to sign a document against your will? Years ago, I applied to temp agencies for work. I was made to sign a document wherein I could not negotiate employment with a client company directly. A lawyer told me that document does not hold up in court because no one can stop you from looking for work. While references are something you do need and you are at a company's mercy for, a lot of stuff they make you sign is questionable and may not hold up in court. Especially if you are made to feel you have no choice and are made to do it to ensure survival. As a temp worker, I just wanted to pay bills and would have signed pretty much anything if I had to. The lawyer told me that was another factor consider as well, which further weakens such documents under scrutiny of the courts. While the argument can be made, 'just find work elsewhere', in a bad economy our choices are increasingly limited.
Because paper and ink is much easier and that was also the defacto standard not too long ago. I am sure there is mothballed stoarge for this equipment as well...
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C'mon, George Lucas is not that bad. THX 1138 is a very good movie, one of the best in sci-fi. I want more of that flavor. (Now that I think of it, THX 1138 looks like what would happen if Apple took over the world, everything is so darn white and shiny). While Star Wars has its moments, I do not think it measures up to THX1138. Lucas has to dig deep and find that story teller who informs us of what we really don't want to know about ourselves. Bring it George! You have money and clout! Now you can make good films! Let Disney have the Star Crap stuff. Now go make something awesome and blow us away! I want to believe! 'For more enjoyment, direct good movies...and have a nice day...'
Don't forget, the feds got his Mom too. They get you and your family, even if s/he lacks the technical sophistication to do anything.
Well, Microsoft fell behind Google as the foremost support to the likes of the NSA, US military and so on. Windows 8 helps, because you need to log in with your hotmail account so you can be tracked better. While you can opt out of tracking, it is made to be difficult to do so. Most users will just go the easy route. Tracking Windows 7 users is not as easy as 8. However, if you have Windows 10, then you get all the 7. 8, and 8.1 users on board and tracking will be so much easier!
It runs an Intel CPU, you're fugged.
Generally, cracking (as opposed to hacking, which is a positive thing wherein one is clever with technology) is a team effort. I am skeptical of the notion of a "super cop", "super detective", "super computer cracker", "super soldier" or "super whatever". At some point, these super people need to sleep, urinate, defacate, eat, and so on. No one can stay on top of everything at all times. On top of that, no one acquires skill/knowledge in a vacuum, you need a community. Particularly when you are talking about specialized knowledge. So the idea of one person taking on an agressive collective is unrealistic. There has to be a lot of backing, both on the physical and tecnology sides with the same leves of exposure to danger. This provides a challenge to story telling in a film content because it is harder to have a character to relate to when you portray a group. However, if you want to depect these kinds of things in a realistic way, you need to highlight the importance of a team, a community, and a supportive environment. If you bring up any "cracker", you also need to bring her/his community into the picture. I saw the trailers, and it reminded me of Steven Segal/Van Damme film trailers--only the latter do it better. I would sooner believe JCVD as a super cracker than this thespian.
Consistently vote for representatives that act againt their best interests. I spoke to enough voters who genuinely believe in upholding policies that harm, including themselves directly. I wonder why this is.
Over a quarter of the world's population are muzzies. If Islam really is how you describe then there would be a much different world. If we are to look at the death figures, our governments are by far the grim reaper.
Insulting the prophet does not carry the death sentence as during his life he was insulted, and worse. These attackers had Islamic precedent to draw from and had they looked it up, would not use the cartoons as justification. I submit to you that there is another reason behind this: http://www.independent.co.uk/v... There is no justification for the murders, but we can grasp to understand the underlying issues.
When picking battles, it usually helps to know context of why things occur the way they do. The Charlie Hebdo attack did not come out of the ether, there is a long historical narrative behind it. This article will help. As usual, these things have less to do with religion and more to do with exercises in power and oppression. http://www.independent.co.uk/v...
If you're talking about healthcare, I see that the way I see libraries, clean water, schools, sewage and public infrastructure--you need it. Notions of free market has nothing to do with it (not that there is a free market in the USA, there never was). Health care is a need. People go through ups and downs in their lives and regardless, they need health care. Mixing up the market with health is a bad move.
You are right, the ISP's are already monitoring everything the user does. The new law in place is simply legitimizing parts of this monitoring. It is only a matter of time before more of it is legitimized. These laws took a while to draft and same goes for this monitoring. So if someone votes for political party A, but party B is in power, records can be accessed to determine whether a representative can invest time and effort in the constituent based on political inclination.
Certainly, the deployment of drones for extrajudicial executions throughout the Muslim world is less barbaric. So is wholesale bombing of the Middle East in order to play whack-a-mole with ISIS/ISIL/whatever. This extremists did not pop out of Middle Earth looking for The Ring, there are decades, no centuries of foreign policy initiatives that let to a radicalized populace who do not even have political say in their own country. Take post 2003 invasion Iraq, a lot of ISIS/ISIL guys are former Baath party members who were denied political involvement hence a significant demographic became outlaws. The "muzzies" do not come to Europe and North America for the burgers and porn, but to flee war torn regions. If they had their choice, they would stay in their respective lands. Need I remind you that France is also a major colonial power that shaped much of the way the Middle East and Africa is today. When you colonize a region, you had better take on the responsibility that comes with it. When your new subjects come to the doorstep of their new ruler, the ruler had better be willing to take on the problems, not just the wealth of the regions. When you oppress and marginalize a people in their own lands, do not be surprised when radical factions arise and lash out. You want to take the wind out of radicals? You don't need a security apparatus, work out why these people are doing the actions they do. Put pressure for a just, not colonialist foreign policy--then you will see radicals disappear.
My understanding is that this monitoring is above and beyond whether a person engages in bittorrent client usage and extends to what sites you visit, what streams you view on-line, Archive.org and even what programs you run on your computer be it free or proprietary. People share information in multiple ways. Perhaps concern over copyright infringement grants the ISP's the authority to view all your activities even more closely. Also, the infrastructure in place at ISP's is above and beyond what you describe and more sophisticated. The Canadian internet providers now have the burden of higher costs (which they pass on the the consumer) to pay for this new monitoring infrastructure. Perhaps what you describe was what was done in the past, but a significant change has occurred. I do not care about downloading movies/music, I already have a significant DVD/CD/vinyl collection, I care about a police state that watches everything everyone does be it anywhere in the world including Canada, USA, and so on. Hollywood is not so powerful as to tell another country to put a massive monitoring infrastructure 'just for them'. The governments at play here are looking for something more.
Republicans care about important things like weapons, mass surveillance, invasions--things that contribute to America's infrastructure, address unemployment, and make it a free and better place to live. What did college every do for anybody? A big waste, just like universal health care. Why should the poor get the same care as those who deserve it? America uses debt to finance important things. Those weapons sitting in silos now that cost billions will do a lot more for America than a college educated citizen ever could. Yeah, I know education only costs a fraction of an invasion, but college is a waste and against American principles, unlike an invasion.
If Canadians were to contact their elected representative to pull the teeth out of a company's ability to prosecute people who shared their DVD's or CD's in private, it would reduce the case for surveillance. However, this infrastructure was there BEFORE the legislation came into place. I do not think Canadians voted for this, nor do I think they pressured their ISP's into doing this. This means the government, in tandem with companies, already had plans for mass spying. Even if the new legislation is declawed, this does not mean the infrastructure is no longer there and warantless acquisition and relaying of private data will not occur. Thus the whole issue of whether people share movies and music in private is moot in the face of the larger threat.
The real issue is that the ISP's are monitoring your network traffic at all. Does anyone not take issue with the fact that the providers know what websites you visit, what you download and what files you share with friends, family, and neighbors. That is the bigger issue. Without a warrant, these companies are pretty much watching and reporting everything you do, even on personal time. That in itself is significant. Sharing movies or music is incidental. These companies also know your personal details, religious/philosophical/political affiliations, your family, sexual preferences and so on. This is dangerous for a company to use and unquestioningly hand over to anyone without a warrant. Since when is it more important if I lend a friend a DVD more important than my privacy? There is a case to be made for running tor relays, advocating for user privacy, corporate accountability (and to keep their seemingly limitless powers in check) as well as government powers in check. This movie/mp3 stuff is beside the point. For those of you with computers in your bedrooms or homes, you now have confirmation that you are not alone and someone is watching and reporting everything you do.
Any day now...a tablet we can run our favorite distro on...I'm on the pumpkin patch with Linus waiting for that day...
Bog corps have a CYA (cover your ass) policy. It has nothing to do with safety. If there is a threat and only one attack is carried out, Sony could be held legally liable for not doing their due diligence. The family of the injured/deceased could sue Sony because there was a threat and Sony ignored it. USA is a nation of litigation, not the betterment of her citizens. But hey, we're in a multinational corporation-run world so the rest of the planet will have to comply. Corporations love to say "it's for your own safety" but that is really one of the biggest lies.
This is just a gunman who happens to be Muslim. A troubled one at that.
Ridley Scott's Alien and Blade Runner are gorgeous, meticulously put-together films. I have no idea why his later films came out so horribly, like Prometheus. About the only director at this time who can instill a sense of wonder is Shane Carruth. Throw him into the mix and it will be good. Don't make the film a special effects fiesta. Some subtle bits here and there. And please, please do not call it "Blade Runner 2". You are begging for a bad film at that point.
Watch Shane Carruth films. The guy has the tiniest budget but makes my favorite sci fi films. So far he has done Primer and Upstream Color. I love them both. He is one (sci fi) director who manages to give me that sense of wonder.
Perhaps the sole reason I use Windows is to use Adobe software. I do not have a choice in the matter, work/school requires that I run that software. Now I need an operating system to run that software. I cannot afford Mac, so Windows it is. But wait, Windows is not stable. I have to get antivirus, defrag, software/driver updaters and registry correction software on top of that. It costs a lot, but still cheaper than Mac. Forget the fact that there is a l o n g list of people asking Adobe to open a port to Linux. So I have to pay a premium for what is probably the worst, most unstable operating systems out there. Mind you, Adobe is just as bad. You have Adobe taking gigs of space for their software and it crashes like a drunken, overweight sailor in a china shop. I used GNU/Linux for years before I suddenly had to get Adobe and it is night and day. You can get GNU/Linux and a tonne of software for a mere tiny fraction of hard drive space that runs secure and rock solid. Well, serves me right for making a compromise. I went the Adobe route and get shafted every which way. If Windows wants us to pay more, start making something stable, secure and operational.
That's right, only America has the best internet practices and it is the standard we all must unquestioningly follow. USA! USA! USA!
If you are made to sign a document against your will? Years ago, I applied to temp agencies for work. I was made to sign a document wherein I could not negotiate employment with a client company directly. A lawyer told me that document does not hold up in court because no one can stop you from looking for work. While references are something you do need and you are at a company's mercy for, a lot of stuff they make you sign is questionable and may not hold up in court. Especially if you are made to feel you have no choice and are made to do it to ensure survival. As a temp worker, I just wanted to pay bills and would have signed pretty much anything if I had to. The lawyer told me that was another factor consider as well, which further weakens such documents under scrutiny of the courts. While the argument can be made, 'just find work elsewhere', in a bad economy our choices are increasingly limited.
Because paper and ink is much easier and that was also the defacto standard not too long ago. I am sure there is mothballed stoarge for this equipment as well...